UNetbootin and Super Grub Disk

[elootos]

In experimenting with Ubuntu/MythTV etc etc, I buggered up my laptop by trying to install them on an external USB drive, problem was that without the USB drive plugged in, the laptop wouldn't boot. I got a 'device not found' error and a grub-rescue command prompt. Not great.

Looking around, everyone recommended running the Windows install disk and booting into rescue mode. However my laptop has no CD drive, let alone a windows disk. And the stored rescue mode on the HDD (F4) wouldn't boot up either.

The answer was to download UNetbootin and select Super Grub Disk from it's menu; this downloaded SGD and it installed it onto a USB stick.

Reboot with the USB stick in and select 'Windows MBR fix' and voila!! Windows now boots back up properly. Phew!

[northan]

(05-25-2011 09:55 PM)elootos Wrote:  In experimenting with Ubuntu/MythTV etc etc, I buggered up my laptop by trying to install them on an external USB drive, problem was that without the USB drive plugged in, the laptop wouldn't boot. I got a 'device not found' error and a grub-rescue command prompt. Not great.

Looking around, everyone recommended running the Windows install disk and booting into rescue mode. However my laptop has no CD drive, let alone a windows disk. And the stored rescue mode on the HDD (F4) wouldn't boot up either.

The answer was to download UNetbootin and select Super Grub Disk from it's menu; this downloaded SGD and it installed it onto a USB stick.

Reboot with the USB stick in and select 'Windows MBR fix' and voila!! Windows now boots back up properly. Phew!

You are a freakin genius.
I've been tryin to fix a friend computer. The bloody partitions had screwed up and it would not accept the win disc.
A linux later I got it sorted, now I got to wait soooooooooo long for xp to reinstall.
So anyways cheers for the timely prompt.